Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To [the] elect sojourners of [the] Dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

according to [the] foreknowledge of God [the] Father, by [the] sanctification of [the] Spirit, unto [the] obedience and sprinkling of [the] blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace might be multiplied.

Blessed [be] the God and Father of the Lord of us Jesus Christ, the [One] according to the great of Him mercy having begotten again us to a hope living, through [the] resurrection of Jesus Christ out from [the] dead,

to an inheritance imperishable and undefiled and unfading, reserved in [the] heavens for you,

who by [the] power of God [are] being guarded through faith, for [the] salvation ready to be revealed in [the] time last,

in which you greatly rejoice, for a little while at present, if being necessary it is, having been put to grief by various trials,

so that the proven genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold, which is perishing, by fire though being refined, may be discovered to result in praise and glory and honor in [the] revelation of Jesus Christ,

whom not having seen you love, on whom now [though] not seeing believing now you yourself rejoice with joy inexpressible and glory-filled,

receiving the outcome of the faith of you, [the] salvation of [your] souls.

Concerning this salvation, sought out and searched out diligently [the] prophets, of the toward you grace having prophesied,

inquiring into what or what manner of time was signifying the in them Spirit of Christ, testifying beforehand unto Christ's sufferings and the after these glories,

to whom it was revealed that not themselves, you however, they were serving in those things which now have been proclaimed to you by those having proclaimed the gospel to you by [the] Spirit Holy having been sent from heaven, into which desire angels to look.

Therefore having girded up the loins of the mind of you, being sober-minded, fully do set [your] hope upon which is being brought to you grace in [the] revelation of Jesus Christ,

as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves to the former in the ignorance of you desires.

But as the [One] having called you [is] holy, also yourselves holy in all [your] conduct do be,

because it has been written that Holy you will be, because I holy am

And if [as] Father you call on the [One] impartially judging according to the of each work, in fear during the of the sojourn of you time do conduct yourselves,

already knowing that not by perishable things — by silver or by gold — you were redeemed from the futile of you manner of life handed down from [your] fathers,

but by [the] precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, of Christ,

foreknown indeed before [the] foundation, [the] world, having been revealed however in [this] last of the times for the sake of you,

who by Him believing in God, the [one] having raised up Him out from [the] dead and glory Him having given, so as for the faith of you, and hope, to be in God.

The souls of you having purified by obedience to the truth unto brotherly love sincere, out of purity of heart, one another do love fervently.

born again, not of seed perishable, but of imperishable, by [the] word living of God, and abiding,

because, All flesh [is] like grass, and all [the] glory of it like [the] flower of grass. Withers the grass, and the flower falls away,